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                     AN ENAMELED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE
                     IMPERIAL, JINGDEZHEN KILNS, DAOGUANG FOUR-CHARACTER
                     SEAL MARK IN IRON-RED IN A LINE AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)
                     The bottle is painted with a continuous scene of Zhong Kui, attendants and his demon
                     escorting his sister to her wedding, with the ‘Demon Queller’ on one side, and his sister
                     in a wheeled chair on the reverse.
                     2Ω in. (6.3 cm.) high, porcelain stopper
                     $4,000-6,000
                     PROVENANCE
                     Robert Kleiner, Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong, 1994.
                     Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 1143.
                     清道光   御製粉彩鍾馗嫁妹圖鼻煙壺   礬紅四字篆書款





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